New information on the case of two teenagers last seen watching fireworks in Poteau on Friday, September 9th.

New information on the case of two teenagers last seen watching fireworks in Poteau on Friday, September 9th.

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Updated: 8:17 PM CDT Sep 19, 2016

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WEBVTT PBRETT: POTEAU POLICE TELL ME PTHEY'VE NEARLY EXHAUSTED ALL PLEADS FOR FINDING CHRISTOPHER PAND CELESTE BENNET PYOU CAN SEE THEIR PICTURES PPOSTED HERE OUTSIDE THE POLICE PDEPARTMENT. PPOLICE BELIEVE THE TEENS ARE PWITH THEIR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, PBUT THEY SAY SHE DOES NOT HAVE PCUSTODY. PTHIS IS 15-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER PBENNETT AND HIS 16-YEAR-OLD PSISTER, CELESTE. PPOLICE SAY THEY WERE LAST SEEN PFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, WATCHING PFIREWORKS FROM THEIR FRONT YARD PNEAR THE STADIUM, AS THE PHIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED. PPOLICE SAY THE TEENS WERE PADOPTED BY FAMILY MEMBERS 5 PYEARS AGO. PNOW THEY BELIEVE THE TEENS MAY PHAVE RUN AWAY WITH THEIR PBIOLOGICAL MOTHER. PPOLICE SAY THE TEENS WERE IN PCONTACT WITH HER VIA SOCIAL PMEDIA. P>> THERE WAS NOTHING TO INDICATE PAT THE TIME THE REPORT WAS MADE POR IN SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS PTHAT'S OCCURRED IN THE 10 DAYS PSINCE THAT THERE WAS AN PABDUCTION THAT TOOK PLACE. PBRETT: POLICE SAY LUCY BROWN IS PTHE TEENS' BIOLOGICAL MOTHER, PBUT NOW THEY'RE CALLING HER A PPERSON OF INTEREST. PSHE LIVES NEAR DALLAS BUT POLICE PHAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND HER POR THE TWO TEENAGERS. PPOLICE SAY SHE DOES NOT HAVE AN PARREST WARRANT FOR TAKING HER PCHILDREN. P>> WE'RE SPECULATING THAT THIS PIS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY PBE WITH HER, WE DON'T KNOW WITH PA DEGREE OF CERTAINTY. PBRETT: POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NO PINFORMATION THAT THE TEENS ARE PIN IMMINENT DANGER, BUT -- P>> THE CHILDREN AREN'T WHERE PTHEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, THEY'RE PNOT IN THAT SAFE ENVIRONMENT P-- SAFE ENVIRONMENT. PBRETT: FAMILY MEMBERS DID NOT PWANT TO TALK ON CAMERA, BUT, PTHEY TELL ME THEY'VE HIRED THEIR POWN PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO TRY PAND FIND THE TWO TEENS. PIN POTEAU, BRETT RAINS, 40/29

Police think they know who has 2 missing Poteau teenagers

New information on the case of two teenagers last seen watching fireworks in Poteau on Friday, September 9th.